Pakistan Domestic Season 2005/06

[Zainub]

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday announced the squads of Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Sialkot and Islamabad for the forthcoming Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.

FAISALABAD: Misbahul Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez (vice-captain), Asif Hussain, Naved Latif, Ijaz Ahmed Jr, Mohammad Zahid, Imran Ali, Mohammad Salman (wicket-keeper), Shahid Nazir, Samiullah Niazi, Ahmed Hayat, Faisal Afridi, Shafqat Hussain Shah, Saeed Ajmal, Imran Khalid.

Reserves: Kamran Naeem (wicket-keeper), Sabir Hussain, Khurram Shahzad, Asad Ali, Abdul Mannan.

RAWALPINDI: Naved Qureshi (captain), Yasir Arafat (vice-captain), Mohammad Wasim, Sohail Nasir, Usman Saeed, Babar Naeem, Asim Iqbal Butt, Tahir Rauf, Sajid Mahmood, Najaf Shah, Yasir Ali, Rizwan Akbar, Sohail Tanvir, Alamgir Khan, Munir Ansari.

Reserves: Saeedur Rahman, Tanzilur Rahman, Usama Sharoon Niazi, Jamil Mahmood, Pervez Aziz.

SIALKOT: Imran Nazir (captain), Faisal Naveed, Atiqur Rahman, Shahzad Malik, Shahid Yousuf, Faisal Khan, Bilal Hussain, Hafiz Khalid Mahmood (wicket-keeper), Tahir Mughal, Qaiser Abbas, Mansoor Amjad, Abdur Rahman, Mohammad Asif, Sarfraz Ahmed, Zahid Saeed. Reserves: Shakeel Ansar (wicket-keeper), Nadeem Javed, Hafiz Majid Jahangir, Inamul Haq, Ali Imran Pasha.

ISLAMABAD: Bilal Asad (captain), Ashar Zaidi (vce-captain), Aamir Khan, Sufyan Munir, Afaq Raheem, Raheel Majeed, Fayyaz Ahmed, Nauman Sadiq, Asim Aqeel Rana, Rauf Akbar, Yasin Bari, Zohaib Ahmed, Saad Altaf, Atif Ashraf, Fakhar Hussain. Reserves: Sohaib Faisal, Adnan Suleman, Asadullah Sumairi, Farrukh Hayat, Safdar Niazi.

They also announced the squads for the Inter-region under-19 tournament, that can be viewed here

[Orchid]

The two Lahore teams have also been announced:

Lahore Shalimar (QAT Gold)
Kamran Sajid; Khaqan Arsal; Sohail Ahmed; Arsalan Mir; Jahangir Mirza; Aamer Sajjad; Junaid Zia (captain); Aizaz Cheema; Fahad Masood; Bilal Hayee (wicketkeeper); Ashfaq Ahmed; Kashif Shafi; Ali Hussain; Imran Qadir; Sajid Ali

Reserves: Humayun Farhat (wicketkeeper); Mohammad Saeed; Muntazir Mehdi; Usama Aftab; Waqas Ahmed

Lahore Ravi (QAT Silver)
Kashif Siddiq; Rashid Riaz; Adnan Raza; Salman Qadir; Shahnawaz Malik; Rizwan Ahmed snr; Umar Javed;
Zulqarnain Haider (wicketkeeper); Ali Azmat; Irfan Fazil; Imran Tahir (captain); Wasim Khan; Shehzad Butt;
Wahab Riaz; Imran Abbas

Reserves: Ashraf Ali; Sohail Idrees; Ali Raza (wicketkeeper); Anwar Hafeez; Shehzad Siddiq

http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Articles/3/3233.html

[Orchid]

The Quaid-e-Azam trophy is now underway, infact yesterday was the second day of the matches. The scorecards can be seen at: http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/E...y_2005-06.html

At a quick glance, as most of the big names were playing in the 'Pakistan Vs Karachi' warm up matche, only Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan and Yasir Hameed represented their regional sides. Yasir again failed scoring 17 but Rana continues to shine, taking 5 wickets already.

[Captain]

The tournament is well structured this year and has started off well and some national team players are playing which is a good sign. I am excited because this year seems to get better and better for Pakistan. Although i believe the teams from the QEA and Patrons Trophy should be integrated into one tournament with the corporations (such as Habib Bank Ltd., Bank Alfallah, and PIA etc) sponsering teams that are named for cities, such as Lahore and Abbottabad and Karachi. That would make the tournament even more meaningful for the players and the fans, because a healthy rivalry will exist to be on top. and Both sides would be happy. Bar that i'm happy for Pakistan Domestic Cricket or National Cricket Pakistan as its called now.

I'm rooting for Lahore in the QEA, and they have already one the first match.

[Captain]

Sialkot won the Gold League, Congrats and Karachi Harbour won the Silver League. Well Done.

[Captain]

I really feel stupid lookign at the points table for the Patrons Trophy because I feel no alliegience to any of the teams, does anyone feel the same way?

[Uham]

Ha same as me right with you Captain